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The Supremes Unanimously Side With the Linguists

On May 4, the Supreme Court reached a decision in the case of the adverbial modifier. Here's a Language Log post by Jason Merchant that provides background on the case. And here's Jason's follow-up; "all nine justices agree with the linguists!"

Linguists Tom Ernst, Georgia Green, Jeffrey Kaplan, and Sally McConnell-Ginet filed an amici curiae brief, on the side of truth, of course.